Thursday, May 5, 2016

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 06/05/2016





New backpack comes with phone charger, an anti-theft locker and hidden pockets for days - CNET
A new product being funded on Indigogo comes amazingly close to letting you pack your life into a bag.

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Where did Planet Nine come from? - CNET
There's amysterious ninth planet orbiting unseen in the far reaches in our solar system, and it's baffling scientists.

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Watch the White House Star Wars Day Dance Party - CNET
President Barack Obama and the first lady strut their stuff with R2-D2 and a few Stormtroopers in honor of Star Wars Day on May the 4th.

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KFC's finger-lickin' good nail polish tastes like fried chicken - CNET
Choose from original recipe or hot-and-spicy for your meaty manicure. It's a real thing -- a real, gross thing.

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Man buns may hit Westeros (yay?) with Jon Snow haircut - CNET
Rest easy. The biggest "Game of Thrones" mystery has been solved, and the whole Internet is a lie.

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Here's what it takes to find out who is the fastest wireless carrier - CNET
Carriers are always spouting numbers and stats that "prove" they have the best network. CNET rides along with RootMetrics for a day to see what it takes to get the real answers.

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You can now experiment with cloud quantum computing (Tomorrow Daily 359) - CNET
IBM launches a 5-qubit quantum computing simulation in the cloud; also, one man's quest to build a robotic tongue for licking his computer screen.

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Elon Musk says production deadline for Model 3 'impossible' - Roadshow
During Tesla's Q1 2016 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk set a deadline of July 1, 2017, to begin Model 3 production, then said that would likely be an impossible goal to meet.

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Bondia, Jamesbondia: This plant likes its martinis shaken, not stirred - CNET
The name made famous by Ian Fleming now lives on in a Caribbean flowering plant that no doubt has a license to kill.

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Automakers to recall another 35 to 40 million Takata airbag inflators - Roadshow
This shit never stops, does it?

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'Star Wars' meets the hit Broadway musical 'Hamilton' - CNET
"Star Wars" Director J.J. Abrams and "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda worked together on a song for Wednesday, also known as Star Wars Day.

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Hacker trades 272 million passwords for social media likes - CNET
Security researchers find a hacker bragging online that he'd amassed a mountain of passwords. And he didn't want much in return for them.

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GM recalls 4,800 trucks and SUVs for poorly welded suspension components - Roadshow
A failed weld could cause a loss of control at speed, which is never good.

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Avengers: Infinity War? Don't get attached to that title - CNET
Two major movies for Marvel's Avengers franchise are on the horizon. Until now, they've been called "Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1" and "Avengers: Infinity War - Part 2." No surprise, the filmmakers realized those are really boring names.

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Steam updated to improve how user reviews work - CNET
Valve updates its digital platform so user reviews can better reflect the changes in games.

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'Sharknado' turns to the shark side with Star Wars-style poster - CNET
Ian Ziering's trusty chainsaw stands in for a lightsaber as the Syfy network releases a poster and cast list for its upcoming TV movie.

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Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer features previously unseen backstory missions - CNET
The upcoming game will feature six "New Adventures" missions, of which bridge the gap between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

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YouTube TV service to debut as early as next year - CNET
YouTube is finalizing deals with broadcast TV and cable channels to launch a paid TV service over the Internet in 2017, according to a report from Bloomberg News.

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Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare offers 'unprecedented' value, Activision says - CNET
"I think what we're giving to the community this year is frankly unprecedented in Call of Duty history."

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Fallout 4's massive Far Harbor expansion gets release date, new trailer - CNET
Here's when the Far Harbor expansion is coming and what it looks like.

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Toyota hydrogen research leads to a better battery - Roadshow
A Toyota scientist developing hydrogen storage technology stumbles on a discovery that could make for more energy dense batteries.

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This robot is better at soft-tissue surgery than a human - CNET
A newly developed robot is capable of performing soft-tissue surgery, and indeed performed better on tests than a human surgeon.

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Listen to the Star Wars theme made with nothing but airline noises - CNET
Flight attendants walking. Maintenance tools buzzing. Tickets printing. All Nippon Airways recorded the sounds of running an airline and transformed them into the Star Wars theme.

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The surprising way Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan could make it to the White House - CNET
CNET exclusive: The only pro-immortality candidate could eventually team up with one of the big names in the race.

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New Star Wars game coming from Titanfall studio - CNET
EA and Respawn are working together on a new third-person action adventure game set in the popular sci-fi universe.

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